Maybe Jeffrey Loria took Tim Elfrink’s advice and stopped acting like “a world-class moron.” Because according to an unnamed Associated Press source, Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez’s job is safe for now.The Marlins might not be ready to make the official announcement, but it seems all of yesterday’s hubbub might have been for…
Marco Rubio is the pretend boyfriend of the conservative movement right now. Future Ann Coulters and Mark Foleys have his National Review cover taped to their ceilings so he’s the last thing they think about every night before they fall into deep dreams of a flat tax and no bilingual education.All…
Science has apparently moved well beyond the “Just Say No” camp and is finding ways to curb drug abuse by giving addicts other things to inject into their bodies.A promising cocaine vaccine is being studied, having just completed Phase 2 clinical trials. But only about a third of patients developed antibodies…
Miami-Dade teachers will see their first raise in nearly four years. On average, they’ll see a 1.8 percent bump in their paycheck beginning in December. [Herald]Our three local GOP congressman went to Honduras on a fact-finding mission and as a stunt to point out Zelaya should not be reinstated as…
Six business owners were arrested today, accused of scamming the county for work done on the Virginia Key Wetlands Restoration Project.In 2007, American Earth Movers submitted a successful bid to work on the project. The county had set aside 16 percent of the job for a program, meant to help…
Seems the Miami Hurricanes are well aware of everyone saying, “Well, let’s see how long this lasts before it goes to their heads and they screw up” — even though players and coaches alike are telling the media they still feel like underdogs.QB Jacory Harris has taken steps to ensure…
Today’s photo comes from Chris O’Brien Wicklow’s Flickr…
Tina Brown’s Daily Beast website gave every American city with a population above 1 million an impromptu “IQ” test, and, well, Miami might need to be moved into some remedial classes.Out of the 55 cities ranked, Miami came in at 39, with a Daily Beast-assigned IQ of 78. The score…
It seems WTVJ’s Julia Yarbough really is packing up her gym bags. SFLTV reports that Tuesday will be the news anchor’s last day after more than a decade at the station. Yarbough isn’t leaving for a cushier gig at another station; she plans to get a master’s degree in international business and a personal…
So the Miami Hurricanes — the ones that were unranked going into the season, the ones that some folks predicted would go 0-4 in one of the toughest opening schedules in recent history against four ranked opponents, the ones that were picked to finish fourth in their division — yeah,…
Are the Marlins getting ready to fire manager Freddi Gonzalez? Seems like it, even though the team finished with its third best record ever, with a pitiful payroll. [NBCMiami]Homestead is gearing up for its first art gallery walk. Every town has them now, so why not Homestead? [Herald]Florida has its first…
Are paintings made of menstrual blood creepy enough for you? How about a Rape Tunnel? Oh, wait. The Rape Tunnel was fake, but the blood paintings are a little too real. Tomas Regalado might have helped to raise some money for one little terrorist, but he doesn’t want to talk about…
Both of our beloved South Florida football teams desperately need a win this weekend. One to get momentum back on track, the other to try and start some. Will Land Shark be the host of two upset victories, or the site of thousands of disappointingly hung heads? Let’s make sense…
Miami is in the business of hosting major sporting events, and it’s something we do pretty damn well. We’ve hosted more Super Bowl games than any other city, the Orange Bowl every year with the BCS, the Sony Ericcson Open, the final race of the NASCAR season, rounds of the…
Al Gore, inventor of the Internet, founded Current TV. You might have heard of it, considering two journalists affiliated with the channel were held captive in North Korea until Gore’s old boss Bill Clinton went to save them.So sometimes the channel is home to important, hard-hitting global journalism. Other times…
My least favorite things in the world: Britto art and parking meters. Somehow they are coming together to raise money for the homeless. [WSVN]Some corporate thing I have never heard of has given the Miami Heat lots of money to make sure we all hear about it. Yep, the Heat…
Not so sure if this is cause for celebration in the Canes nation, but Heisman winner Sam Bradford won’t make his comeback at LandShark Stadium this Saturday in Miami’s game against the Sooners. Canes fans might be breaking out the party hats and applying that head-to-toe orange-and-green body paint with glee…
Maybe I’m the only person, but I’ve long wanted someone to cover politicians and their every move in the same shallow, passionate manner as celebrities. Today is my chance! So I’ll try to do my best Perez Hilton impression while wrapping up the bigger Florida political non-stories of the day.Seems…
A couple of Democrats have flirted with the idea, but so far no one has stepped up to mount a real challenge against Kendrick Meek in the Senate primary. Now, though, there’s buzz that former Miami Mayor Maurice Ferre will enter the race next week.Beth Reinhard says Ferre will make…
London has iconic double-decker buses. Miami has an assortment of brightly colored tour boats. Photo via MigRodz’s Flickr. …
Football and fancy skin-care products go together like peanut butter and Liza Minelli. One’s an un-flashy pleasure of the no-nonsense proletariat, while the other is usually reserved for a certain type of, let’s say, discriminating “sophisticate.” Not to say football fans can’t enjoy “five-minute facials,” but for the love of…
Two men have filed suit against the Archdiocese of Miami, claiming they were sexually abused by two Catholic priests 40 years ago. Man, this archdiocese cannot catch a break lately. [Herald]Jimmy Buffett has done an ad touting the need to save and restore Miami Marine Stadium. Maybe if it gets fixed up,…
